Ireland hosts Bulgaria in round 6 of the UEFA Nations League B. The match will be played on Wednesday, November 18th at Aviva Stadium (Dublin)
The Irish relied primarily on the fight for the European Championship - they took part in the playoffs for the last places in the continental championship. But everything ended in Slovakia on October 8th. Then the team did not concede either in regulation or in extra time, but Rodak turned out to be better and more successful than Randolph in the penalty shootout. We may say that the Irish simply lacked motivation for the Nations League. They scored only one goal, and it happened in the first match against Bulgaria. And the results of November were expectedly poor. First, the Englishmen defeated their neighbors at Wembley, having scored three goals by the 56th minute. In the match with Wales, Brooks opened the scoring after Bale's pass in the 66th minute. And although the visitors got a slight advantage in the end, Ward, the substitute goalkeeper of Leicester, didn’t concede a single goal. Moreover, Hendrick was sent off and will not play in the upcoming match.
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I have such an impression that the Lions are losing face completely. In the European qualification, they finished in the penultimate place with six points, but their group was difficult. In 2020 (already under Georgi Dermendzhiev), everything seemed to break down in the first round of the Nations League, when the Bulgarians conceded from Duffy in the 90th minute and let the victory slip away. After that, they suffered a home defeat from Hungary in the Euro qualification playoffs (1:3), and Yomov scored the classic consolation goal in the 90th minute. A 1-2 defeat to Finland that happened on November 15 became the fourth in a row. Something started to work out after the break, but the visitors scored twice in the first half. And there was a goal scored by Teemu Pukki.
After World War II, the Bulgarians have never won in 11 matches played. Moreover, the 1-1 score recorded in September was repeated for the fourth time in the last five matches between these national teams. Ireland is not at its peak. But this concerns the Bulgarians even more since they are much weaker. We will try to bet on the victory of the hosts.
Prediction for the match: Ireland to win
